‘Is your aura clogged, Janelle?’ Happy birthday to the iconic Magda Szubanski – comic genius, cultural touchstone and queen of the deeply unhinged beauty tip. 💅 From Sharon Strzelecki to Esme Hoggett, Magda’s characters have become shorthand for Aussie humour at its sharpest and most surprising. But today, we’re rewinding to ‘Fast Forward’ and the gloriously chaotic "Janelle’s Beauty Spot" – where Magda’s Chenille, of Institute de Beauty and House of Hair Removal fame, peddled perilous treatmen

Before the success of Australian cult classic Kath & Kim, Jane Turner and Magda Szubanski’s television collaborations included D-Generation (1985–87) followed by Fast Forward that was a small screen hit between 1989 - 1992. Fast Forward, directed by Ted Emery and writer-performers Gina Riley and Glenn Robbins, appeared at the height of the sketch comedy boom on Australian television in the late ’80s which tapped into a thriving live comedy-cabaret scene in Melbourne. In this clip, Magda Szubansk